Made by the candidate
Every stamp is self-reported. Hiring Passport doesn't check it, and the page says so. Treat it like a CV: a lead to follow up, not a reference.
For recruiters and hiring managers
Your next hire may be someone's silver medalist.
A Hiring Passport is a candidate's own record of the hiring processes they went through: the companies, the roles and how far they got. Here's how to read one, and how it helps you find and re-engage the finalists you nearly hired.
What it is / 01
One link, every
final round.
Candidates add each hiring process they went through, choose which ones to show, and send you a single link. It opens in any browser: no account, no app.
Stages, not scores
Each stamp is the furthest stage reached in one process: applied, screened, assessment, interview or final round. No ratings, no rankings.
Someone who can confirm
Where the candidate has their permission, a stamp lists a recruiter or hiring manager at that company you can contact to confirm it.
How to read one / 02
Read it top to bottom.
- Who shared it, and when. The banner gives the date the link was made. A link never changes after that, so for an old one, ask for a fresh link.
- The totals. How many processes are on the link, how many reached an interview, and how many reached a final round.
- The stamps. One per process, newest first: company, role, dates, and a five-step bar showing how far it got.
- How it ended. Not selected, offered and declined, role closed, withdrew, hired or still in progress, with what the company told them, in their words.
- What they did. The steps they completed, like a panel interview or references, and links to work they made for it, such as an assessment.
- Who can confirm it. A named contact at that company with an email or phone number. This is how you check a stamp.
Silver medalists / 03
Find them sooner.
Keep them closer.
01.
Spot them in your pipeline
A final round at another company means someone else's assessments and interviews already rated this person highly. That's worth a screening call, alongside your own process, not instead of it.
02.
Keep your own finalists close
When you turn down a strong finalist, suggest they stamp your process in their passport, and, if you're happy to, agree to be the contact who confirms it. It's a better goodbye than silence.
03.
Re-engage with context
When the next role opens, ask past finalists for their passport link. You'll see where they've got to since your process, without another application form.
Privacy / 04
The passport is
in the link.
Hiring Passport has no database of candidates. A shared passport is packed into the link itself, after the # sign. Browsers don't send that part to any server, so hiringpassport.com never receives or stores it.
- No accounts, for candidates or for you
- The candidate chooses which stamps and contacts go on a link
- No analytics or ads run on a shared passport
- A link keeps what it held when it was made, so treat it like a CV and keep it within your hiring process
Good questions / 05
Worth
knowing.
For recruiters, hiring managers and talent teams.
Is a Hiring Passport verified?
No. It's the candidate's own record, and the page says so. To confirm a stamp, contact the person listed under it, the same way you'd check a reference.
Do I need an account or software?
No. Open the link in any browser. There's a button to print it or save it as a PDF if you want it on file.
Can I keep the link in our ATS?
Yes. Paste it into the candidate's notes like any other link. It opens the same passport every time, because the passport is in the link.
Should we ask candidates for one?
You can mention it as optional extra context. Plenty of good candidates won't have one, so it shouldn't count against anyone who doesn't.
A candidate listed me as a contact. What does that mean?
Candidates are asked to get your agreement first. Listing you means employers may contact you to confirm the process happened. If you didn't agree, ask the candidate to take you off; links they've already sent keep what they had.